Live blog: Beer can (and phone) throwing van passenger “hit by the karma train; Look launch Keo Blade Carbon Ceramic pedal, Greg Van Avermaet’s golden Giant; Know your Yates brother; Jess Varnish to appeal employment tribunal ruling + more
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Jess Varnish to appeal employment tribunal ruling
Back in January, Jess Varnish failed in her attempt to prove she was an employee of British Cycling and UK Sport. The judge concluded that her funding was more akin to a university grant.
The BBC reports that she is now challenging the ruling relating to British Cycling. A judge will decide whether the appeal can proceed.
Varnish’s lawyer, Simon Fenton, said: “The appeal tribunal has been asked to overturn the original judgment and to decide that Ms Varnish was an employee.”
Fenton will argue that the tribunal was wrong that the services and benefits Varnish received from British Cycling were not remuneration; and says the organisation “failed to explain how the work performed by a professional football player is different from the work performed by Jess for British Cycling”.
FiftyOne to supply bikes to Cycling Ireland
Irish custom carbon bike brand FiftyOne has revealed it will be supplying bikes to Cycling Ireland for the next two seasons, and we reckon they’ll be the envy of the peloton with these beautifully painted bikes.
The colour scheme is very much a celebration of Ireland with the lovely green to white fade and shamrocks decorating the colour-matched stem and rear stays. And if anyone needs reminding, Ireland is printed big and bold on the inside of the fork blades.
They’ll have a choice of rim or disc brake bikes and be equipped with SRAM Red eTap groupsets with Enve wheels.
Simon Yates won the Paris-Nice time trial
Bit bizarre, but he says he’s been doing a lot of work on his time trialling and he also had the best of the conditions having lost 20 minutes in the crosswinds earlier in the race.
@SimonYatess for the win , @kwiato still in , here is the best of stage 5#ParisNice pic.twitter.com/jHsolZGER1
— Paris-Nice (@ParisNice) March 14, 2019
Motorist who "inadvertently" hit cyclist while trying to hurl abuse at him avoids jail sentence
One of the officers said "this guy just got hit by the karma train"
PSA: Don’t drink beer in a car.
But if you do, don’t throw it at a #bikedc cyclist with @Cycliq cams front & rear.
But if you do, don’t drop your phone.
But if you do, don’t come back for it.
But if you do, don’t pull out a knife, even just to show you don’t intend to use it. pic.twitter.com/8zQ6HmR7kr— Andrew Heining (@andrewjh) March 13, 2019
'Chateau' for pollution...
Great to see that Team Sky Pro Cycling Team’s new sponsors Ineos are already well ahead in one GC (general contest)!!! They’ve got the best CO2 Max Test results in Britain!!!! Chateau!!! pic.twitter.com/BkFJfViXOr
— UK Cycling Expert (@ukcyclingexpert) March 15, 2019
Glorious work by UK Cycling Expert, although this time not in any way a parody unfortunately…
Greg Van Avermaet's new gold aero bike
Greg Van Avermaet is riding this new bike at the Tirreno Adriatico and it’s fair to say we’re just a bit jealous!
It’s a custom painted Giant Propel Advanced SL with the gold colour obviously in honour of his Olympic success.
Paris-Roubaix pave get some TLC
We reported the other day about how muddy the Paris-Roubaix pave was, but it looks like they’ve been getting a bit of TLC this week.
Tirreno-Adriatico a bit shaky on which Yates is leading the race
It’s actually Adam in the lead. Simon’s riding Paris-Nice.
La Maglia Azzurra @SimonYatess #TirrenoAdriatico @NamedSport pic.twitter.com/EbJmzg0HWG
— Tirreno Adriatico (@TirrenAdriatico) March 15, 2019
15-year-old sentenced for three bike thefts on the Bristol to Bath cycle path
Look launches Keo Blade Carbon Ceramic Pedal
Look has unveiled its new Keo Blade Carbon Ceramic pedals which Romain Bardet will use for the first time on Stage 7 of Paris-Nice tomorrow.
The new model, made in France, sees ceramic bearings used for the first time in a production pedal, according to Look. Ceramic bearings are designed to reduce friction and increase power transfer and reliability.
Look claims an 18% reduction in friction on the bearing, and a bearing life that’s four to six times longer than that of steel bearings.
The Look Keo Blade Carbon Ceramic is fitted with a chromoly axle and weighs a claimed 110g. The RRP is €189.90. We’ve asked for a UK price.
"Strade Bianche is the coolest professional bike race in the world"
Cool video from last weekend’s Strade Bianche to end the working week with.
Where's today's Leave V Remain poll?
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Does anyone know if this trainer has a 'race mode ' , that's ten hertz transmission rate. Thanks.
I have great news for everyone: as long as your derailleur has pulleys with proper bearings (i.e., not the bushings found in cheaper RDs) then your cage already has "almost zero friction". This is especially true because the return part of your chain has virtually no tension on it, so you don't need to spend any money on an "upgrade". Just go ride your bike, and "ride up grades" instead of buying them.
This racing incident is certainly not what cost her the jersey, so she shouldn't be whining or placing blame anywhere else but with herself. She had plenty of time after the incident to come back, but she looked totally spent and was lucky to be with the Italian, who towed her to the line.
Even if she doesn't win the GC, she has had a terrific tour. A great win on Ventoux, Almost snatching a sprint stage and a super time trial performance.
@Rendel Harris indeed, but there have been a few other changes also eg. the protection of children. Sandboys are no longer employed, I thought? And thus not run over drunk in the streets. (But I may have missed a change when BJ was mayor?)
The basic upright bike is indeed supremely practical (ideally built with sturdy metal frame, equipped with mudguards, rack, perhaps baskets and kickstand etc). But that doesn't seem to be what most professionals are racing? It's an open question whether a modern pro would win eg. the TdF on a (faired?) recumbent benefitting from the developmental efforts that modern bikes have received. Would the aero and comfort benefits outweigh the likely weight disadvantage? Given what we know of the huge aero benefits of group riding perhaps uprights might still edge it? However the reason it's still an open question is that it was resolved on the flat a long time ago and as a result the UCI acted and amended the rules to effectively disqualify recumbents! (Perhaps in part to protect the interests of builders of upright bikes).
Thats racing, I like Kasia but she didn't position herself well nor have the legs yesterday.
Kasia should consider herself fortunate that Longoborghini (apologies for spelling). was willing to tow her to the line, or she would have lost even more time - she was not strong enough to do a turn on the front of the chase.
https://x.com/hetiskoers/status/2086180569352716750
I wanted Kasia to hold on but there's nothing conclusive on the video and even if she was baulked, intentionally or otherwise, it could only have cost her a couple of seconds, not seventeen. It's a very serious allegation; hopefully it was just made in the heat of the moment and in the cold light of day she might withdraw it. ETA Some extra fan footage on Twitter, it's a big load of nothing as far as I can see, Kasia and Gery were both trying to hold Vollering's wheel, they both went too fast into the corner side-by-side and Kasia, being on the outside, got the worst of it. No foul. Link in next comment.
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CO2 Max? If they release
CO2 Max? If they release more CO2 than any other company, perhaps they deserve to have a chateau dropped on them. Chateau!
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1714736.INEOS_under_fire_for_its_carbon_footprint_/
Seems like Brailsford doesn’t
Seems like Brailsford doesn’t care who he tries to sell his soul to, so long as the spondolicks support his master plan.
EDF may make a better bedfellow as that may confuse his French “supporters”.
Butty wrote:
Sports sponsorship is invariably provided by organisations who need to improve their image. Drug, oil, mining or (in days gone by) tobacco companies…
It could be worse, he could have to arse-lick a repressive Middle Eastern regime for dollars. A big cash injection is the sole reason the 2016 Worlds were held in the spectatorless, flat desert of Qatar.